Foodie and the Beast

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. Today: • On June 19 D.C. residents will vote on Initiative 77, the highly controversial proposal to eliminate the tipped minimum wage in all District restaurants. The ballot measure has the potential to transform the way restaurants operate, servers and bartenders are paid, and diners eat out. Good? Bad? The answer’s not all that easy. So, in with us today to disc...

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. Today:  David Hoffman, general manager of Sagamore Pendy Hotel in Baltimore Jenn Segul, author of Once Upon a Chef John and Sukey Jamison, owners Jamison Farm See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. Today: • Legendary food journalist and author Mark Bittman tells us how to grill everything; • James Beard Award-winning, Michelin Star-holding chef Patrick O’Connell of the Inn at Little Washington is in to chat with us about the 40th anniversary celebration of that establishment of renown; • Church Hall is a new addition to D.C.’s great lineup of watering holes....

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. THE 10th Annual Events DC Embassy Chef Challenge happens May 17 at the Reagan Building in Washington. The Challenge encourages culinary diplomacy through the celebration of food, drinks, dance, music and fashion. Today on Foodie and the Beast, we’re celebrating the “drinks!” We’re joined by some experts on the topic: • Erik Moses, senior vice president and managin...

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. Today: Cinco de Mayo is coming, and we’re getting in the spirit. • • Mexico in a Bottle mezcal tasting event organizer Susan Coss , accompanied by ? Joahna Hernandez of Manos de Maiz, bringing back the real flavors of corn to D.C., ? Erick Rodriguez, from Alma Mezcalera, known to some, we understand, as the “Indiana Jones” of mezcal, and Christian Irabien, until r...

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. Today: We’re consumed by – and consuming! – wine! After opening in five other cities, City Winery finally has come to DC. It’s 40,000 square-foot location in Petworth includes a huge, wine production facility, a restaurant, party space and 300-seat, live performance venue, all on four floors. Pretty cool! Hear about it from City Winery’s winemaker, Pascal Valadier...

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. Today: • Charity off the Hook raises important funding for lots of great local charities. It is sponsored by Profish Charities. We have John Rorapaugh, Profish director of sustainability and cofounder of Charity off the Hook, and Becky Lee, family law attorney and founder of Becky’s Fund to foster awareness of domestic violence; • Dining with the Chefs is a biannu...

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. Today the show goes all local, all the time. Dawson’s Market in Rockville (MD) Town Square is a market that features products from local vendors that have to meet strict standards for all-natural ingredients and production. The second Tuesday of every month, Dawson’s hosts and highlights several of its select vendors whose products represent the excellence of its...

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. The name of the signature restaurant in D.C.’s new Museum of the Bible is Manna. The folks behind it and behind Milk and Honey, the museum’s café, are well known to Washington’s fans of dining out: Rammy award-winning chef Todd Gray and his business partner and wife! Ellen Kassoff Gray, whose restaurant, Equinox, has been a celebrated cornerstone of downtown dinin...

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. This week: • Marisol Plata, Brand Director with ThinkFoodGroup, oversees the José Andrés Foods brand, working with gourmet food producers in Spain and getting José Andrés Foods items on US shelves. Like, what kinds of foods? Well, like amazing, Spanish virgin olive oils . We’ll be taking – and tasting olive oils with Marisol coming up. • Ryan Aston is a profession...

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. It may still be iffy outside, but cherry blossom time is just around the corner and we are filled with spring spirit here on the show. On today’s show: • Thierry Delourneaux, executive pastry chef at The St. Regis, Washington, D.C., is in to chat about some of the exciting cherry blossom-focused promotions at the recently opened Alhambra restaurant near the White...

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • We welcome Haidar Karoum (formerly of Proof, Estadio, Doi Moi), here to talk about Chloe, his first solo restaurant, at the Navy Yard, along the Southwest waterfront; • Whisky Live is back. It’s the annual event with unlimited tasting OF 150+ whiskies and more. We’ll be talking to the event’s mastermind, Dave Sweet; And, speaking of whiskey, we’...

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show on Federal News Radio: • • • Blue Star Families is an organization whose mission is to bridge the gap between civilian and military communities. The Neighbors Celebration honors civilians that go above and beyond the call of duty to provide assistance for the betterment of our servicemen and women. The event welcomes a select group of D.C. and mili...

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. This is THE show for foodie Italophiles! Bill and Suzy Menard, foodie Italophiles themselves and proprietors of the fabulous, Via Umbria in Georgetown, are in studio with their exceptional in-house team and their also-exceptional partners from Umbria, Italy. Join us for lots of great conversation with Bill and Suzy; their exec chef, Liam LaCivita; Via Umbria’s but...

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today's show we visit the Italian region of Umbria, which lies just south of Tuscany. Our guides are the owners of the D.C. restaurant and store Via Umbria, located in Georgetown, Bill and Suzy Menard. Also on today's show: * Simone Proietti-Pesci, chef/owner at Le Delizie del Borgo restaurant in Bevagna, Umbria; * Albertino Pardi, whose family owns and operate...

New Orleans’ favorite son, chef David Guas, joins David Nellis in hosting today’s show. Also in studio are: two mad scientists - Alex Laufer and Stephen Corrigan – from One Eight Distilling, here to talk their special techniques that take their products from grain to glass; from the Market at River Falls – Jim McWhorter and Julia Feder; former Cafe Leopold executive chef Joel Hatton, who is the ne...

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. Today's show is all about health, wellness and what you can do to attain and retain both! The Warrior Wellness Challenge is an offering of a consortium of DC area health and wellness businesses. The overall concept is to help you overcome new Year's resolution fatigue, by getting and staying in a course to feeling, looking and being better! The Challenge was initi...

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. The world's rarest breed of cattle dating back to the 1700s is the Randall Lineback, recognized as special and different at the first taste. About 75% of all Randall Lineback cattle are raised in one spot - Chapel Hill Farm. Chapel Hill's owner, Joe Henderson, is with his daughter Lulu and info about the sold out, January 25th dinners they are doing in collaborati...

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. Today's guests/topics include: * Mitch Berliner of Central Farm Markets and Meat Crafters; * Toki Underground is D.C.'s original ramen house, and one of the Washington's most popular. Olivier "Liv" Caillabet serves as general manager, and he's in to share the District's most awesome ramen; * Honeygrow is a Philly-born fast-casual concept featuring premium, wholeso...

This week's guests include:* Dena Leibman, executive director of Future Harvest, Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture. Future Harvest works to build a sustainable Chesapeake Foodshed from farm and fishery to table by training new and experienced farmers in the best ways to manage their land and their crops. She's in with info about the upcoming, 19th Annual Cultivate the Chesapeake Food...

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. This week's guests include: * Marcella Kriebel is a DC-based artist and cookbook author, known for her mouth-watering "Illustrated Feast"series of watercolors. She has a new cookbook, "Comida Cubana: A Cuban Culinary Journey," inspired by her travels throughout Cuba in 2016; * Jamie Leeds of Hank's is in with Thomas Palmer to talk about the Feast of the Seven Fish...

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. Our December 3, 2017 show features Foodie and the Beast's annual holiday gift-giving line-up. Meet: * Chef Nate Anda, of Neighborhood Restaurant Group's Red Apron Butchery. He's in talking about Red Apron's new online gift service from which you can order charcuterie, snacks, Nate's spicy, smoked pimento cheese , tigelles, pork roasts and so much more. * Shop Made...

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. This week, Foodie and the Beast are joined by: Debbie Shore, cofounder of the remarkable nonprofit, Share our Strength, which has raised more than a half-billion (yes BILLION!) dollars to combat childhood hunger in the USA. Hear all about their No Kid Hungry program and the newest program, Friendsgiving, that lets you and your friends, family and colleagues join i...

This week on Foodie and the Beast, hear from Chef/Owner Jeff Black of Black Restaurant Group. He's resurrected a new and improved Addies, now open in Potomac Park and ... has a new concept - Black Coffee - coming soon to the Palisades neighborhood in DC. Seattle superstar chef and James Beard Best Chef finalist Rachel Yang has a cool, new cookbook: My Rice Bowl: Korean Cooking Outside the Lines fi...

Guests this week include: * Executive chef, Ryan Ratino, this year's RAMMY winner of the Rising Culinary Star award, who now conjures delicious, new taste delights at Bresca, based on what's fresh, seasonal and delicious. * Bill and Suzy Menard, proprietors of fabulous Via Umbria in Georgetown, a combo market, butcher shop, restaurant, wine store and event space - all themed to one of Italy's most...